# Schools in Blackpool 38 schools with published admissions figures "1st preferences per place" is how many families named a school first, for each place it offered, in the newest year held. It describes demand. It is not a pass rate and it does not say whether a child would be offered a place. A dash means the figure is not held. ## How the 2026 round went Counts families, not schools. The table below cannot be added up into these figures, because a child naming three schools appears in three of its rows. ### Primary For September 2026, 93.9% of families applying for a primary place here were offered their first choice, and 98.7% were offered one of the three schools they named. That is 5.4 points higher than in 2016, when it was 88.6%. The council's primary schools between them had 1,540 places for 1,300 applications. That is a total for the whole council and says nothing about any one school in it. ### Secondary For September 2026, 84.9% of families applying for a secondary place here were offered their first choice, and 94.7% were offered one of the three schools they named. That is 9.9 points higher than in 2016, when it was 75.0%. The council's secondary schools between them had 1,545 places for 1,503 applications. That is a total for the whole council and says nothing about any one school in it. ## If a family is refused a place In 2026, families in Blackpool lodged 171 appeals about a school place. 123 of them were heard by a panel and 34 succeeded, which is about 28 in every 100 heard. The other 48 did not reach a panel. Most appeals that do not are withdrawn because a place comes up first. This is a record of decisions already made. A panel hears one case at a time and decides it on what that family sets out, so these figures do not indicate what would happen in any particular appeal. Source: Department for Education, admission appeals in England, reporting year 2026. Counts every school in this council area. The share that succeeded is taken over appeals heard by a panel, not over appeals lodged. ## Schools here running specialist SEN provision 5 of this council's published schools run a SEN unit or a resourced provision: teaching for children with special educational needs, on the same site as the rest of the school. | School | Phase | What it runs | |---|---|---| | [Marton Primary Academy and Nursery, Blackpool](/school/141867/marton-primary-academy-and-nursery) | primary | SEN unit | | [Moor Park Primary School, Blackpool](/school/151114/moor-park-primary-school) | primary | SEN unit | | [Revoe Learning Academy, Blackpool](/school/140673/revoe-learning-academy) | primary | Resourced provision | | [Stanley Primary School, Blackpool](/school/150594/stanley-primary-school) | primary | SEN unit | | [Thames Primary Academy, Blackpool](/school/138927/thames-primary-academy) | primary | SEN unit and resourced provision | This says a provision exists and nothing more. Neither how many children it takes nor which kinds of need it is set up for is published for a mainstream school, and it is not a statement about how well any school supports children with SEN. Ask the school or the council. Source: Department for Education, special educational needs in England. ## All Through | School | 1st prefs per place | Latest Ofsted | |---|---:|---| | [Armfield Academy (Blackpool)](/school/145863/armfield-academy) | 1.13 | Good | | [Unity Academy Blackpool (Blackpool)](/school/139675/unity-academy-blackpool) | 0.91 | Not judged | ## Primary | School | 1st prefs per place | Latest Ofsted | |---|---:|---| | [Anchorsholme Primary Academy (Thornton-Cleveleys)](/school/140124/anchorsholme-primary-academy) | 0.95 | Not judged | | [Baines' Endowed Church of England Primary Academy (Blackpool)](/school/141611/baines-endowed-church-of-england-primary-academy) | 0.90 | Not judged | | [Bispham Endowed Church of England Primary School (Blackpool)](/school/119411/bispham-endowed-church-of-england-primary-school) | 0.89 | Expected standard | | [Blackpool Gateway Academy (Blackpool)](/school/142175/blackpool-gateway-academy) | 1.00 | Expected standard | | [Blackpool St John's Church of England Primary School (Blackpool)](/school/119595/blackpool-st-john-s-church-of-england-primary-school) | 0.96 | Not judged | | [Blackpool St Nicholas CofE Primary School (Blackpool)](/school/119594/blackpool-st-nicholas-cofe-primary-school) | 1.03 | Strong standard | | [Boundary Primary School (Blackpool)](/school/150597/boundary-primary-school) | 1.00 | School remains Good (Improving) - S5 Next | | [Christ The King Catholic Academy (Blackpool)](/school/141288/christ-the-king-catholic-academy) | 1.07 | School remains Good | | [Devonshire Primary Academy (Blackpool)](/school/140128/devonshire-primary-academy) | 1.00 | Not judged | | [Hawes Side Academy (Blackpool)](/school/138538/hawes-side-academy) | 0.88 | Good | | [Holy Family Catholic Primary School (Blackpool)](/school/150579/holy-family-catholic-primary-school) | 1.17 | School remains Good | | [Kincraig Primary School (Blackpool)](/school/131414/kincraig-primary-school) | 1.10 | School remains Good | | [Layton Primary School (Blackpool)](/school/119246/layton-primary-school) | 0.90 | School remains Outstanding (Concerns) - S5 Next | | [Marton Primary Academy and Nursery (Blackpool)](/school/141867/marton-primary-academy-and-nursery) | 1.03 | School remains Good | | [Mereside Primary Academy (Blackpool)](/school/143771/mereside-primary-academy) | 0.96 | School remains Good (Concerns) - S5 Next | | [Moor Park Primary School (Blackpool)](/school/151114/moor-park-primary-school) | 1.07 | School remains Good (Concerns) - S5 Next | | [Norbreck Primary Academy (Thornton-Cleveleys)](/school/138739/norbreck-primary-academy) | 0.92 | Standards maintained | | [Our Lady of The Assumption Catholic Primary School, Blackpool (Blackpool)](/school/150866/our-lady-of-the-assumption-catholic-primary-school-blackpool) | 0.96 | School remains Good | | [Revoe Learning Academy (Blackpool)](/school/140673/revoe-learning-academy) | 0.82 | Good | | [Roseacre Primary Academy (Blackpool)](/school/146743/roseacre-primary-academy) | 1.12 | School remains Good | | [St Cuthbert's Catholic Academy (Blackpool)](/school/141115/st-cuthbert-s-catholic-academy) | 1.00 | School remains Good | | [St John Vianney's Catholic Primary School, Blackpool (Blackpool)](/school/150825/st-john-vianney-s-catholic-primary-school-blackpool) | 1.02 | Good | | [St Kentigern's Catholic Primary School (Blackpool)](/school/149262/st-kentigern-s-catholic-primary-school) | 1.03 | Standards maintained | | [St Teresa's Catholic Primary School (Thornton-Cleveleys)](/school/149266/st-teresa-s-catholic-primary-school) | 0.95 | Standards maintained | | [St. Bernadette's Catholic Primary School (Blackpool)](/school/151273/st-bernadette-s-catholic-primary-school) | 0.90 | School remains Good | | [Stanley Primary School (Blackpool)](/school/150594/stanley-primary-school) | 1.06 | School remains Good | | [Thames Primary Academy (Blackpool)](/school/138927/thames-primary-academy) | 0.88 | School remains Good | | [Waterloo Primary Academy (Blackpool)](/school/138300/waterloo-primary-academy) | 0.98 | Expected standard | | [Westcliff Primary Academy (Blackpool)](/school/137359/westcliff-primary-academy) | 1.41 | School remains Good | | [Westminster Primary Academy (Blackpool)](/school/144945/westminster-primary-academy) | 0.84 | Expected standard | ## Secondary | School | 1st prefs per place | Latest Ofsted | |---|---:|---| | [Blackpool Aspire Academy (Blackpool)](/school/141132/blackpool-aspire-academy) | 0.83 | Requires improvement | | [Highfield Leadership Academy (Blackpool)](/school/142469/highfield-leadership-academy) | 0.65 | Requires improvement | | [Montgomery Academy (Blackpool)](/school/137973/montgomery-academy) | 0.94 | Good | | [South Shore Academy (Blackpool)](/school/151443/south-shore-academy) | 0.62 | Inadequate | | [St George's School A Church of England Academy (Blackpool)](/school/140759/st-george-s-school-a-church-of-england-academy) | 1.44 | Improved significantly | | [St Mary's Catholic Academy (Blackpool)](/school/141257/st-mary-s-catholic-academy) | 1.20 | Good | Full page: /schools/blackpool Figures from the Department for Education, Ofsted and local authorities; each school's own page lists its sources and dates.